Belt buckle



AugG, '1929. B. H. MARCUS 1,723,742

y BELT BUQKLE Filed May 17. 192B Patented Aug. 6, 1929.

UNITED `STATES PATENT OFFICE.

BENJAMIN I-I. MARCUS, 'OF BROOKLYN, NEW YORK.

BELT BUCKLE.

Application led May 17,

rlt'his inventioi'i relates 'to improvements in belt buckles and has for one ot its objects the provision ot a belt buckle in co1nbina- 'tion with a purse.

itnother obj ect oit the invention is to provide a belt buckle havingl a purse and a belt gripping member hingedly mounted thereon, and a hinge pin upon which the purse is mounted adapted to exert a tension on the belt gripping member to maintain the belt in adjusted position about the waist oi the wearer.

A further object ot the invention to provide a belt holding member in which the belt may be splicingly maintained.

Another object of the invention is to produce a device of the character described in which 'the maximum simplicity ot construetion and operation secured.

Other object-s and advantages will appear as the nature olf Athe improvements is better ilnderstood, the invention coiilsistin.,r substantially in the novel arrangement and corelation ol parts herein fully described, and illustrated in the accompanying' drawings, wherein similar reference characters are used to describe corresponding parts throughout the several views, and then linaliy pointed out and specifically defined and indicated in the appended claims.

The di. losure made the basis oi' exempliyinfcr the present inventive concept suggests a pra tical embodiment thereof, but 'the invention is not to be restricted to the enact details ol this disclosure, and 'the latter, therefore, is to be lmderstood :troni an ilhistrative, rather than a restrictive standpoint.

rllhe inventive idea involved capable of receiving' a variety oi mechanical expressions, one of which, :tor the purposes ot illustra tion, is shown in the accompanying draw Y, in which,

lligrufe 1 is a vfront view :in elevation of my improved buckle attached to a belt;

iig. 2 is a perspective View ot the buckle showing the purse in open. position;

Fin'. i3 is a, rear or bottom view ot' the buckle;

Fig. 4l. is a sectional view on line lf-4, Fin'. 1;

Fig. 5 is' a tragmental sectional View talten on line 5--5, Fig'. 1, showing how the purse is hinged, and

buckle.

1928. `Serial N0. 278,409.

Figs. (i and 7 are detail views of the belt holding' member.

Referring; now to the drawings in detail 10 in dicates the base or body portion ot the buckle provided with a centrally* located depression or recess 11 adapted to receive there-in a purse .12J l 'ably formed of a single strip oi sheet metal, and comprises an outer shell or cover 1.3, an extension or wall .1l/i bent inwardly of the .sheet lo to form a. change compertinent 15. A portion is struck up from the wall 141-. and bent outv wardly to lforni a hinge 1G, `through which passes a hinge pin 1T which terminates at one end thereof in a spring end 18. `The body l() provided with a depression 19 to acconnnodate the hinge 1G on the purse l2. To maintain the purse in closed position on the lnn'lile, there is provided a member Q0 which slidingly arrailged on the bottom wall oit the recess 11 and maintained thereon by lugs Q2 struck up from the said wall. 21. The said member 20 provided at one end lthereof Awith a latch portion 23 which. in normal closed positionengages a depression 24 .in the shell 13, and is maintained in said closed position byia spring,r 25 secured thereto and in elugageinent with the inner suriace of a rflepending side wall 26 on. the body portion l() ot the buckle.

At one end of the body portion 10 there is hinnedly mounted the usual toothed belt securing member 30 which engages one end of a belt 31 and secures same to the At the opposite end of the buckle there is likewise pivotally mounted a belt grippini;l .nii-:nibcr l2- which is normally pressed against the lockingr end i3 of a belt holding member 34, by the spring end 18 of the hinge pin 17. The locking' end ot the belt holding' member is provided with a turned-over end against which the belt gripping member 52 abuts, to prevent loosening of the belt around. the waist of the wearer. The belt 31 secured Ato the belt holding member Bet by` threading or splicing same through slots 3G in the said .member as shown in dot and dash lines in Fin. 7 or the drawings. The belt is urther secured to the holding .member 34C by benteover lugs 37 and 38 on the said holdingr member.

The belt may be lnade in various sizes and adjusted around the body by inserting the belt holding member 34 between the top Wall of the buckle body l0 and the belt gripping member 32 so that the turned-over end 35 engages the end of the said gripping member. To loosen or unhook the belt, all that is necessary is to press upwardly against the tension of the spring 18, a finger piece 39 on the belt gripping member and the turned-over end 35 will come out ot engagement with the end of the belt gripping member.

To open the purse, the end 20a of the latch member 2() is pressed against the tension of the spring 25 and the latch end 28 Will come out of engagement with the depression 24, and the purse will snap open slightly from which position it may be fully opened.

From the above it will be seen that I have provided a belt buckle adapted to be readily. adjusted around or removed from the Waist of the wearer, the said buckle being provided With a purse Which is normally tightly closed and Which may be readily opened when desired.

Having described my invention, what I claim as new and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is:

1. In a purse adapted to be attached to a belt, a base, a cover, a hinge pin upon which the cover is mounted associated with the base, a belt gripping member pivotally mounted on the base, and a spring end integral With the hinge pin exerting a tension on the gripping member to grip the belt.

l 2. In a purse adapted to be attached to a belt, a base, a cover, a hinge pin upon which the cover is mounted associated with the base, a belt gripping member pivotally With the hinge pin exerting a tension on the gripping member to grip the belt, and a spring pressed latch slidingly mounted on the base in operative engagement with the cover for the purpose specified.

4. In a device of the nature described adapted to be attached to a belt, a base, a depression in the base, a purse forming cover hingedly mounted on the base and adapted to fit into the depression slideways on the bottom wall of the base, a latch member slidingly mounted in the said slideways in operative engagement with the cover and a spring on the latch member to maintain the cover in closed position.

5. In a device of the nature described adapted to be attached to a belt, a base, a purse forming member pivotally mounted on the base, a belt securing member at one end of the base, a belt gripping member pivotally mounted at the opposite end ot the base, a spring forming one end of the purse member pivot exerting a tension onl the belt gripping member, and a belt holding member adapted to be gripped by the gripping member to maintain the belt in position.

BENJAMIN H. MARCUS. 

